Our Lord is…
Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Our falling does not…
Our courteous Lord does not want his servants to despair even when they fall often and grievously into sin. For our falling does not hinder him from loving us.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
We need to fall…
We need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker’s marvelous love so fully.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Some fall severely…
And then he allows some of us to fall more severely and distressingly than before– at least that is how we see it. And then it seems to us, who are not always wise, that all we set out our hands to is lost. But it is not so. We need to fall, and we need to see that we have done so. For if we never fell we should not know how weak and pitiable we are in ourselves. Nor should we fully know the wonderful love of our maker.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Desire by grace…
I know full well that the more the souls sees of God, the more it desires him, by his grace.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Joined to holy Church…
He wills that we take ourselves with great strength to the faith of holy Church and find there our most precious mother in comfort and true understanding with the whole communion of blessed ones. For a person by himself can frequently be broken, as it seems to himself, but the whole body of holy Church was never broken and never shall be, without end. Therefore it is a sure thing, a good thing, and a gracious thing to will meekly and powerfully to be fastened and joined to our mother, holy Church – that is Christ Jesus.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
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